“Last year we were given the privilege of sharing in Peter’s ministry by helping him to complete his studies…I am so pleased that we can partner with him and pray for his wife and children. We pray for our brother and his family every week, and pray that his ministry will bring great glory to the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank him for allowing us to partner with him in this way.”

“You are probably very familiar with the troubles we’re having in the Anglican Communion…..so it is essential that Anglican Aid is partnering with us here in Africa and elsewhere [to] select good colleges where our men and women can go and train. The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few.”

“If people can be trained properly with good teaching, that’s a wonderful thing. We’ve always thought we have so much opportunity to know Jesus here in Sydney. We’ve learned so much from training here. I was struck by the fact that in many countries, Anglican Aid has found good training colleges for ministry that are Bible-based. To fund a person to study in their own culture has advantages.”

“Let us get our strategies straight.
Support good theological training!”

“We are really happy to hear from our sponsor student in Malawi that he is continuing to learn more about God and His word at the Bible college and that he is well. We are continuing to pray for both him and his family, for safety, health and for growing in God’s word. We are happy to know that we can support someone from far away who will teach God’s word to people on the continent of Africa.”

“By training and teaching and equipping these men and women they’re passing on the baton to their families. Their family members are coming to Christ or their family members are growing in Christ. And then they’re using those skills in their churches. The amount of women who’ve gone and started small group Bible studies after we’ve done the assessment they have to do is incredible!”

“Completing the PTC (Preliminary Theological Certificate) subjects has transformed my ministry…I can now explain Bible passages in context.”

Gaston has gone on to use what he learned as he manages evangelistic training in his diocese, oversees the expansion of a network of local Anglican schools, and hosts a weekly radio segment explaining the Bible.

“When you sponsor a student you are literally keeping the doors of AST open, because we can’t survive without sponsorships… The strength of the Diocese of Sydney has always been Moore Theological College, an institution clearly committed to raising up biblical expositors, generation on generation. That’s exactly what we hope AST will be for decades to come… As AST continues to strengthen as an institution of biblical faithfulness in Africa, led by Africans, it will have a great influence in shaping mainstream Anglicanism… When people sponsor students, they are not only helping that student, they are also investing in an institution that will increasingly play an important role in shaping the Communion.”

“I think this new BCSS program is very exciting as there will be a personal link between the sponsors and the students as they study. That will mean prayer will go both ways as I know the students will pray for their sponsors just as the sponsors are praying for them.”